Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett (1877–1952), public servant and shipowner, was born in London on 9 March 1877, the only son of James George Skelton Anderson and his wife, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917), the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Great Britain...
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Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett (1877–1952), public servant and shipowner
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Barton, Robert [called Hob a Barton] (d. 1540), sea captain and administrator
Athol Murray
Barton, Robert [called Hob a Barton] (d. 1540), sea captain and administrator, known to the English as the pirate Hob a Barton, was one of three sons of John Barton, sea captain in Leith, the port of Edinburgh. Some time prior to 1476 his father's ship and goods were captured by Portuguese ships. ...
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Broodbank, Sir Joseph Guinness (1857–1944)
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Sir Joseph Guinness Broodbank (1857–1944) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Broodbank, Sir Joseph Guinness (1857–1944), docks administrator and public servant
R. R. Aspinall
Broodbank, Sir Joseph Guinness (1857–1944), docks administrator and public servant, was born on 15 July 1857 at Poplar, London, the eldest son of Caleb Broodbank, accountant, of Folkestone, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Captain Thomas Coburn, merchant navy, of Poplar. In 1872 he entered the service of the ...
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Hawley, John, the elder (c. 1350–1408), pirate, merchant, and administrator
Susan Rose
Hawley, John, the elder (c. 1350–1408), pirate, merchant, and administrator, of Dartmouth, Devon, was the younger son of the first John Hawley who settled in Dartmouth some time before 1340. Hawley was elected mayor for the first time in 1374—the beginning of a career which would make him the richest and most important man in ...
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John Hawley the elder (c. 1350–1408) memorial brass by kind permission of Becky Wright Photos; St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth
